622 Comments for Henryton State Hospital

Ah yes, there was an error - Henryton wasn't involved with the Dept. of Mental Health until 1963. I've corrected the history page, thanks!

Underneath the sequence it looks like "Danny Kolb Have".

Is that a window on the wall to the right? If so, was it secured to keep patients out of the hallway as well?

So, Motts. You must do a lot of traveling. I've noticed you've taken pictures of these places from all over the place. Anyway, I was reading the discription on the main Henryton page, and it's strange; this hospital was a place for African American TB patients, but why was it run by the Mental Health Commission? Just wondering.

It used to be that people with TB were sent out to sanitoriums in the country. In some old photos of Byberry, you see some people out on porches in beds. These were people with TB, as they had to be kept away from the other patients. Also, they thought that fresh air would help cure TB.

I live in Charleston, SC, and an outskirt of Charleston is Summerville. It used to be a tiny little village, and there was a TB sanitorium there for a long time. Of course, nowadays, Summerville is a large town, and is no longer the country. The sanitorium was torn down a long time ago, before my mom was born.

Have you ever heard of the writer Dame Agatha Christie? She generally wrote mysteries, and one of her main characters was a man named Poirot. You remind me somewhat of him, Motts, as you both catch site of the smallest detail.

LOVE this :-)

Alice in Wonderland...

Makes me think of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds.

if only you knew, perhaps you do.

Beautiful gallery Motts! I'm so glad to have found this site a few years ago--just about every time I pop back here I find something new and beautiful here. Thank you, and please keep it up! :D

Awesome!

The one on the right kinda looks like it's going e_o

I absolutely love this.

That is gorgeous. Wallpaper?

thats cute...